SPHR 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pseudoscience, Scientific Method, Developmental Psychology
3 Jan 2018
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Science research has become prominent in public policy and judicial decisions. Behavioral research developmental psychology, and neuroscience have influenced us supreme court decisions. Juvenile death penalty case (missouri: roper vs simmons) Developing and assessing the effectiveness of goal oriented programs. Attempts to answer fundamental questions about the nature of behavior. Conducted to address issues in which there are practical problems and potential solutions. Taking basic research and applying them to the real world. Skepticism: ideas must be evaluated on the basis of careful logic and results from scientific investigations. Empiricism: idea that knowledge is based on observations, fact based. Pseudoscience: fake science in which scientific terms and demonstrations are used to substantiate claims that have no basis in scientific research. Ex: mental powers:mind reading, big foot, flying saucers. Principles and procedures for systematic pursuit of knowledge using recognition and formulation of a problem, collection of data. Pseudoscientific claims are based on a non evidential style of belief.
